Procise v. Electric Mutual Liability Insurance

VIOLETTE, Justice.

Michael Procise appeals from a judgment of Superior Court, Cumberland County, granting the defendants’ motion for summary judgment and dismissal, and denying Procise’s motion for leave to pursue further discovery. Although we disagree in part with the reasoning of the Superior Court, we nevertheless affirm the judgment.

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Michael Procise was an employee of General Electric Company in South Portland as a “burner”, cutting pieces of steel with a cutting torch, beginning in 1974 and was a member in good standing of Local No. 2139 of the International Association of Machinists and…